Collection Improvement for the Intermountain Herbarium

山间植物标本馆是山间地区的区域系统学资源中心。 它目前包括超过216，500个已登记的标本。 这些标本储存在相当于196.5个全尺寸标本柜中。 这些橱柜的质量差别很大。 超过110.5个标准柜（相当于110.5个全尺寸柜）可保护标本免受天花板泄漏、昆虫和灰尘的影响。 其余的机柜（86个全尺寸的机柜）则不这样做。 未被收藏的标本的储存空间也是一个主要问题。 由于缺乏更好的设施，这些都是存储在开放的货架上，提供更少的保护比不合格的木制和金属柜。 收藏中的许多标本面临的另一个危险是严重的过度拥挤。 最近的一项统计显示，310个书架如此拥挤，以至于文件夹在取出或归还时不得不被轻微挤压。 在每一种情况下，两侧的橱柜都是如此之满，以至于无法通过重新分配标本来缓解这种情况。 1993年和1994年，山间植物标本馆的标本储存设施显然需要升级;发现了三起单独的虫害损害事件，四起天花板泄漏事件，大约300件未安装的标本因1986年发生的天花板泄漏而不得不被丢弃。 已经采取了一些预防措施，以尽量减少进一步的损害。 现在，标本在放入收藏或出借柜之前通常会被冷冻，所有木制柜的顶部都钉上了聚乙烯片。 然而，这两种措施都不能提供标准植物标本柜所提供的保护水平，标准植物标本柜在关闭时会紧密密封。 重要的是，标本馆能够将所有标本，无论是自己的还是其他机构借来的，无论是否加入，都放在高质量的橱柜里。 这将需要购买130个标准尺寸的储藏柜：100个用于取代现有的不合标准的储藏柜，24个用于缓解过度拥挤的状况，6个用于今后五年的使用。 此外，在最近出版物中对菊科的分类处理影响山间地区，需要更换非档案属文件夹，并制作新的文件夹，需要一个命名程序，以消除不一致之处，并提供该科的交叉引用，以便于使用该收藏品

The Intermountain Herbarium is a Regional Systematics Resource Center for the Intermountain Region. It currently comprises over 216,500 accessioned specimens. These are stored in the equivalent of 196.5 full-sized herbarium cabinets. The quality of these cabinets varies widely. Over have (110.5 full-sized equivalents) are standard cabinets that protect specimens from ceiling leaks, insects, and dust. The remaining cabinets (86 full-sized equivalents) do not do so. The storage space for unaccessioned specimens is also of major concern. For lack of better facilities, these are stored on open shelves that provide even less protection than the substandard wooden and metal cabinets. An additional hazard facing many of the specimens in the collection is the severed overcrowding that exits. A recent count revealed 310 shelves so crowed that the folders have to be squeezed slightly when being taken out or returned. In each instance, the cabinets on either side are so full as to preclude relieving the situation by redistribution of the specimens. The need to upgrade the specimen storage facilities in the Intermountain Herbarium became evident in 1993 and 1994; three separate instances of damage form insect infestation were discovered, four ceiling leaks occurred, and approximately 300 unmounted specimens had to be discarded because of a ceiling leak that had occurred in 1986. Some precautions have already been taken to minimize further damage. Specimens are now routinely frozen before being placed in the collection or loan cabinets and polyethylene sheets have been stapled across the tops of all wooden cabinets. Neither of these measures, however, can provide the level of protection provided by standard herbarium cabinets that seal tightly when closed. It is essential that the herbarium be able to place all the specimens it houses, both its own and those loaned by other institutions, whether accessioned or not, in good quality cabinets. This will require the purchase of 130 standard-sized cabinets: 100 to replace the existing substandard storage, 24 to relieve overcrowding, and 6 to accommodate the next five years. In addition, non-archival genus folders need to be replaced and new folders made between the taxonomic treatment of the Asteraceae in recent publications affection the Intermountain Region, a nomenclatural program designed to remove inconsistencies and provide cross-references in this family is needed to facilitate use of the collection